Said Tabata, "I played Parasite Eve 1 while at another developer. The opening movie left a great impression on me. PE2's shower scene television commercial was the most impactful and left a great impression."

"From Tetsuya [Nomura], I was entrusted with Aya from Tetsuya. From Kitase [Yoshinori Kitase, producer], I was entrusted with the development team. Aya Brea, Overdive, Twisted -- these are the game's keywords that were indicated by Tetsuya. Kitase said, 'make a game that will connect to the next title.'"